JNCIS ENT Spanning Tree Protocols Quiz

1. What mechanism in RSTP allows a non-root bridge to rapidly transition a port to the forwarding state?

Proposal and agreement handshake

Topology change notification

Bridge priority adjustment

MAC address learning

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3. Which parameter determines the priority of a bridge in the spanning tree election?

MAC address and bridge priority value

Port cost and hello time

VLAN ID and maximum age

Forward delay and topology change count

4. True or False: In STP, a bridge can have multiple root ports.

True

False

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6. What is the primary advantage of using MSTP over RSTP in a large enterprise network?

Faster convergence time

Support for multiple spanning trees per VLAN

Reduced CPU utilization

Simpler configuration

7. True or False: RSTP eliminates the listening state by using explicit handshakes between bridges.

True

False

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9. Which port type in RSTP can rapidly transition to forwarding without waiting for topology change confirmation?

Edge port

Root port

Designated port

Backup port

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11. Which spanning tree protocol provides the fastest convergence time by eliminating the listening and learning states?

Spanning Tree Protocol (STP)

Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP)

Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol (MSTP)

Shortest Path Bridging (SPB)

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13. Which of the following is a port state in STP but not in RSTP?

Forwarding

Listening

Learning

Discarding

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15. What is the default hello time interval for STP BPDU transmission?

1 second

2 seconds

5 seconds

10 seconds

16. In RSTP, which port state allows a port to learn MAC addresses but not forward user traffic?

Listening

Learning

Discarding

Blocking

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18. What is the maximum number of spanning tree instances supported by MSTP?

4

16

64

4094

19. Which port role in RSTP is responsible for forwarding traffic toward the root bridge?

Designated port

Root port

Backup port

Disabled port

20. In STP, what is the default bridge priority value?

0

32768

65535

16384

JNCIS ENT Spanning Tree Protocols Quiz

1. What mechanism in RSTP allows a non-root bridge to rapidly transition a port to the forwarding state?

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2. In RSTP, the ______ time is the maximum time a port can remain in the discarding state before transitioning.

3. Which parameter determines the priority of a bridge in the spanning tree election?

4. True or False: In STP, a bridge can have multiple root ports.

5. A bridge port that receives superior BPDUs is placed into the ______ state in STP.

6. What is the primary advantage of using MSTP over RSTP in a large enterprise network?

7. True or False: RSTP eliminates the listening state by using explicit handshakes between bridges.

8. In MSTP, each region must have a consistent ______ to maintain proper operation.

9. Which port type in RSTP can rapidly transition to forwarding without waiting for topology change confirmation?

10. The default maximum age for a BPDU in STP is ______ seconds.

11. Which spanning tree protocol provides the fastest convergence time by eliminating the listening and learning states?

12. In a spanning tree, the cost of a port is used to determine the ______ path to the root bridge.

13. Which of the following is a port state in STP but not in RSTP?

14. MSTP organizes switches into ______ to manage multiple spanning trees efficiently.

15. What is the default hello time interval for STP BPDU transmission?

16. In RSTP, which port state allows a port to learn MAC addresses but not forward user traffic?

17. The bridge with the lowest bridge ID becomes the ______ in a spanning tree topology.

18. What is the maximum number of spanning tree instances supported by MSTP?

19. Which port role in RSTP is responsible for forwarding traffic toward the root bridge?

20. In STP, what is the default bridge priority value?